8:13 PM,
Feb. 2, 2013

Martin DeRidder seeks treatment from chiropractor Jon Raether to ease his muscle pain and to adjust his alignment on Thursday in Elkhart Lake. DeRider also goes through intense physical, occupational and speech therapies in hope for a speedy recovery and going back to his crane operator job in the near future.

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Jessica Opoien
Oshkosh Northwestern Media

He doesn't remember the day before it, much of the day before that, or the month that followed.

The picture has been pieced together for him by coworkers, emergency records, doctors and his girlfriend. But there's one piece missing, and it's the one only he alone can complete. It will tell him what went wrong on July 5, 2012, when the crane he was operating collapsed, took another man's life and nearly cost him his own. ...